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DrWapenshaw
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Joined: September 21, 2014
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Location: VA
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| Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself. We have been wanting a Ghia for a long time and I plan on picking one up after I get enough info and know what to look for. I finally got a house with a garage after a decade + without one. I will be reading through the stickies above! Thanks for all the informative posts. |
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didget69
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Joined: July 22, 2004
Posts: 4927
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Welcome from North Carolina!
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KGCoupe
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Joined: July 01, 2005
Posts: 3580
Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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What to look for in a word - rust.
Welcome, and good luck on your search. |
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djway3474
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Joined: August 19, 2011
Posts: 2581
Location: The Real NDK So Cal
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Welcome from Cali.
I read almost the entire Ghia forum when I first started. Took a couple of months reading every night. Learned a lot.
Learn all about the rust areas and how to spot them.
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John Moxon 
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Joined: March 07, 2004
Posts: 13952
Location: Southampton U.K.
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jpjohns
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Joined: May 03, 2014
Posts: 882
Location: Harrisonburg, VA
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Welcome from up the road in Harrisonburg, VA. +1 on what john said! If I would have read through here first I would have waited for a better car.
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Pat KG
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Joined: May 02, 2012
Posts: 180
Location: VA
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Welcome from Midlothian, VA. I have owned a 74 Ghia cabriolet since I bought it new in September 1974--one of the last few. I driver mine about once a week and enjoy cruising down the James on Riverside Drive.
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bluedot
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Joined: April 25, 2013
Posts: 439
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| Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Don't go near a Ghia with intent to buy before reading this, inwardly digesting and reporting back to this topic with copious pictures of your proposed purchase: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7108497
This will save you a lot of heartache and a big hole in you bank balance.  |
Welcome! I'm here doing a vert restoration in Oregon.
What John says!! John is an amazing moderator with a ton of experience.
Hanging out at the House of Ghia has shown me how lucky I was when I had bought my ghia without reading that. The HoG is often repairing "bad restorations", including the use of chicken wire, and lots of funky filler systems. I saw a rocker covered up with a gutter, under a brand new beautiful paint job. Buyer beware. Try to get something that hasn't been "touched". |
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kingkarmann
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Joined: November 05, 2003
Posts: 4111
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Expanding foam from the can is my all time favorite find!!
I can only imagine the uses for "Flexseal"
Welcome!
We love pics so post em up when you find your dream
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jpjohns
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Joined: May 03, 2014
Posts: 882
Location: Harrisonburg, VA
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| Expanding foam from the can is my all time favorite find!! |
I've got some of that! It's inside around the front heater vents near your feet. Most of it was painted black, but it completely seals the heater channel. 
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mfergel
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Joined: July 24, 2013
Posts: 247
Location: Richmond, VA
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Atherin
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Joined: October 13, 2010
Posts: 12
Location: Laurel, Maryland, USA
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| I am in Maryland but my '72 coupe is in my friend's garage near Lake Anna and we work on it every weekend or so. If you want to drop by and swap stories, let me know. |
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NOVA Airhead
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Joined: July 20, 2005
Posts: 5221
Location: Richmond, VA
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I bought my current Ghia down in Richmond. The Bug Hause in Richmond did some work for me on the car. You may want to check them out. They might have a lead on a car.
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mlhsquared
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Joined: October 13, 2008
Posts: 1482
Location: Strasburg, VA
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Hey! Virginia appears to have turned into a "Ghia State"! I'm west of Strasburg. Welcome!
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DrWapenshaw
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Joined: September 21, 2014
Posts: 5
Location: VA
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| Thanks gentlemen. Really excited. Looking at my records I first visited thesamba in 2007 and then the world flipped upside down. Happy to finally start moving forward with this project. |
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malley56
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Joined: January 29, 2006
Posts: 255
Location: Martinsville, VA
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About 3 hours southwest here. Restoring my 71 Ghia vert. Was my first car 25 years ago.
Good luck! Maybe our Ghias will meet one day! |
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vw60bug
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Joined: August 11, 2003
Posts: 215
Location: Newport News Va
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| Welcome!! I am in newport news and currently workin on a 67 ghia for my girlfriend. This site is a great place to learn!! My advice would be unless you find a really clean car on the east coast look to CA or AZ for one. The money you spend on shipping will well outweigh the money you will spend on replacement panels and time welding a east coast car. Just my .02 cents. |
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DorianL
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Joined: June 06, 2013
Posts: 717
Location: Belgium
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| Welcome!! I am in newport news and currently workin on a 67 ghia for my girlfriend. This site is a great place to learn!! My advice would be unless you find a really clean car on the east coast look to CA or AZ for one. The money you spend on shipping will well outweigh the money you will spend on replacement panels and time welding a east coast car. Just my .02 cents. |
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Mine was shipped from California to Belgium. Definitely worth it. 'saved me a LOT of hassle. Not to mention $$$ |
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noslzzp
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The Basilari is now in Norfolk. Come on down and check out a surface rusted lowlight! 
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runamoc
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Location: 37.5N 77.1W
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Must be...from New Kent, just east of Richmond. Bringing this one back to life.
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